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open doors |
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open (new) doors to give someone new opportunities (sometimes + for ) The success of that film opened new doors for him. (sometimes + to ) Early results show that the new system would open doors to disadvantaged people. open doors (to somebody/something) also open doors (for somebody/something) to provide new opportunities or possibilities These days, it's cable TV that is opening doors to talented young people and giving them a chance to succeed. When I was a student, a college diploma was guaranteed to open doors. Related vocabulary: open the door to somethingHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The displaced lids and open doors showed heaps of sullen grey ashes. Rostov went to the middle of the room and looking through the open doors into the two adjoining rooms saw the same thing there. The cows jumped wildly over the five-barred barton-gate, maddened by the gad-fly; Dairyman Crick kept his shirt-sleeves permanently rolled up from Monday to Saturday; open windows had no effect in ventilation without open doors, and in the dairy-garden the blackbirds and thrushes crept about under the currant-bushes, rather in the manner of quadrupeds than of winged creatures. |
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